Rationalization
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Rationalization, Weber's term, is the historical replacement of tradition and personal judgment by calculation, rules, and efficiency as the basis of action.
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A guild master's judgment about a fair price gives way to a posted rate and a procedure.
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The everyday sense of "rationalization" as making excuses is not this meaning, and rationalized does not mean society becomes more reasonable.